A last-minute solution has been found to save a GP surgery from closure.

Priors Field in Sutton, Cambridgeshire was due to close on 31 March.

The closure would have meant more than 6,000 registered patients would have had to travel outside the village to see a GP.

NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough said an interim provider would take over the service from 1 April. It apologised to patients for all the concern caused.

Dai Harding, from the Priors Field Patient Participation Group, said he was "delighted".

NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough said Malling Heath would take on the interim contract.

It said while the interim had been secured, its work to secure a lease on the premises had not yet concluded and it was working in partnership with NHS Property Services to "progress the matter as swiftly as possible".

It said it would send a letter to all patients to confirm the new provider arrangements as soon as it had finalised lease arrangements.

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